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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Performance chart for an ethylene glycol cooling system, plotting air pressure and horsepower dissipated against air flow.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149a\2\  scan0302
Date  20th February 1935
  
CHART No. L 421 B
ETHYLENE GLYCOL
FRONTAL AREA = 6
COOLING SURFACE = 19.9
FT. RUN TUBING = 16.0
WT. OF TUBING = LBS
LIQUID-WATER VELOCITY = 3.75 FT. SECOND
95.3 LBS. MIN. FT. OF WIDTH
AIR INLET 92 °F
WATER MEAN 192 °F
LIQUID
LIQUID DENSITY AT 190 °F
= 1.08 (APPROX.)
TUBE TYPE
23/5/16|24|1 1/8|37.0|76.5|06|15
2 ROWS STAGGERED
PITCH OF TUBES = 1/2"
Diagram shows 5 tubes in a staggered arrangement with dimensions 1.5", 1.5", and 5/32".
Vertical Axis (Left): AIR PRESSURE INCHES OF WATER, scale from 0 to 1.5.
Vertical Axis (Right): B.TH.U'S DISSIPATED/SQ FT. FRONTAL AREA, HORSE POWER DISSIPATED/SQ FT. FRONTAL AREA, scale from 0 to 30.
Horizontal Axis: AIR FLOW CUBIC FT. MIN./SQ FT. FRONTAL AREA, scale from 0 to 1500.
Graph Lines: AIR PRESSURE, HP DISSIPATED.
Handwritten: 11/12/31, modified 20/2/35
  
  


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